Book Synopsis:
ALL NEW from the Tobacco Girls
BRISTOL 1943 and life for the Tobacco Girls isn’t getting any easier…
Bridget Milligan has donned a uniform and joined the nursing services where she becomes intrigued with the miracles of modern medicine. She’s also torn between family loyalty, her new career and Lyndon O’Neill, the love of her life. Is it too impossible to hope that everything will come out right in the end?
Phyllis Harvey is still serving in Malta where she sees the casualties of war first hand. Finally it seems like Phyllis is blessed with true in love, but fate can sometimes be a rocky road and nothing is that certain.
Maisie Miles is left holding the home front at the tobacco factory but with the sudden death of her grandmother finds herself once more alone in the world. However, thanks to a substantial inheritance, she is able to extend a helping hand to a friend in desperate need.
There are tears and laughter, goodbyes and new arrivals along with the hope that new beginnings are not far over the horizon.
Heaven & Hell for The Tobacco Girls is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy using the links below.
My Review:
Heaven and Hell is another emotional, gripping and atmospheric book in the fabulous Tobacco Girls series.
Firstly it was great to be back with the tobacco girls and to find out what they were up to. Although now separated helping out in different areas of the war the three M’s (Maisie, Phyllis and Bridget) are still friends. The different areas the girls are involved with helped provide a more holistic view of the war which I thought was very clever. It was interesting to learn what life was like for the girls in these different areas, especially Phyllis in Malta as I hadn’t known much about events there before.
There are some fantastic characters in this story that I really enjoyed following . I’ve been a huge fan of this series from the start so I’ve grown quite fond of them almost as if I knew them personally. Maisie was definitely my favourite of the three. I love her feisty nature and the wonderful way she stood up for Caroline. Each of the girls have their own battles during the book and it was very exciting to watch everything unfold. I found the book to be quite hard to put down as I was so invested in the story and eager to see how everything pans out for the girls.
Overall i really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more in the series soon. There are some surprisingly gritty and emotional bits which some might find hard but I felt theses were handled sensitively. This is the fourth book in the series and while it could be read as a standalone but it’s probably best to read the series in order.
Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Boldwood for my copy of this book via netgalley.
About The Author:
Lizzie Lane is the author of over 50 books, a number of which have been bestsellers. She was born and bred in Bristol where many of her family worked in the cigarette and cigar factories. This has inspired her saga series for Boldwood The Tobacco Girls.
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